Date: Fri, 14 Jan 2005 13:32:03 -0600 From: "Andrew L. Gould" <algould@datawok.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Cc: Benjamin Walkenhorst <krylon@gmx.net> Subject: Re: Out of the frying pan... Message-ID: <200501141332.03416.algould@datawok.com> In-Reply-To: <20050114122320.A10349@starfire.mn.org> References: <20050113152405.A5302@starfire.mn.org> <41E7FF18.1000900@gmx.net> <20050114122320.A10349@starfire.mn.org>
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On Friday 14 January 2005 12:23 pm, John wrote: > On Fri, Jan 14, 2005 at 06:19:20PM +0100, Benjamin Walkenhorst wrote: > > Hello, > > > > Andrew L. Gould wrote: > > >3. Definitely go with a clean installation of FreeBSD 5.3 rather > > > than 5.2.1. > > > > Just a sidenote, I did a source upgrade from 5.2.1 to 5.3, which > > basically worked okay. > > Switching from XFree to X.org was really troublesome, on the other > > hand... > > Yes, I would say that the source upgrade from 5.2.1 to 5.3-STABLE was > fine, it was the xorg/XFree86 and kde issues that made me insane. > It's possible that I should have just done a pkg_delete -a and > started over with the packages from that point, but I also need to > learn to use pkg_upgrade. I would not hesitate to do the source > upgrade again for a system which is NOT running X. > > I have now reinstalled 5.3, just to get around the Xorg->XFree86 > issue, and I have kde installed, and I have room to spare. So, > I'm much farther than I was when I ran out of room, and I still > have room. This is a good thing! Yes it is! (...and speaking as someone who is typing with 2 fractured wrists, all good news is welcome!) > > > Kind regards, > > Benjamin I hope you have lots of fun and joy with your system before the next challenge (which we will gladly participate in) ! Andrew Gould
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